Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Foreign Language Education

Global Issues, Models, and Best Practices from the Middle East and Turkey
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-21423-4
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 215 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 347 g

Greater student mobility, increasing demand for access to tertiary education, as well as policy changes have spurred rapid expansion of the global higher education sector. However, with increased demand comes considerable variation in the quality of the supply. As higher education is an expensive endeavor for all stakeholders – governments, funders, employers, and families – there are also increasing expectations for accountability and demonstrations of quality.  English as a foreign language (EFL) programs, in particular, are under considerable pressure to substantiate their value, resulting in a significant rise in interest around their quality. This volume is the outcome of a May 2018 international conference on quality and specialized accreditation, held in Turkey.  The book’s three sections take the reader from the global to the program level, examining trends and best practices in quality assurance and accreditation in EFL programs. The book’s geographic focus is primarily the Middle East and Turkey, yet the issues discussed herein a quite global in nature. This volume will be of interest to educational administrators at the institutional or program level, educational leadership programs focusing on higher education, language teacher preparation programs, and administrators in centralized education systems or accrediting organizations.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Staub, Donald F.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Hochschuldidaktik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Vergleichende und Empirische Bildungsforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1.The Increasing need for Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Foreign Language Education.- Part I. Global Perspectives on Quality Assurance and Accreditation.- Chapter 2. Investigating the Growth of English Medium Higher Education in Turkey and the Middle East Region.- Chapter 3. Balancing National and International Accreditation Requirements to Achieve National Strategic Trends.- Chapter 4. The Case of The Commission on English Language Program Accreditation:  U. S. Specialized Accreditation as a Response to the Increasing Demand for Quality Assurance in Foreign Language Education.- Chapter 5. Accreditation: A Commodity or a Quest for Quality?.- Part II. National Perspectives on Quality Assurance and Accreditation.- Chapter 6. Quality in Higher Education in Turkey.- Chapter 7. The Experience of Quality in Higher Education in the United Arab Emirates: In Times of Rapid Change and Complexities.- Chapter 8. Bridging the Quality Gap in English Language Education BetweenPost-Secondary Education and Public Schools in Qatar.- Chapter 9. The Accreditation of English Language Teacher Education Programs in the Arab Region: The Case of Sultan Qaboos University.- Chapter 10. Establishing a National English Language Accrediting Body in Turkey: The Case of DEDAK.- Part III. Best Practices for Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Foreign Language Education.- Chapter 11. CPD and Accreditation of EFL Programs: A Quasi-Symbiotic Relationship.- Chapter 12. Learning outcomes: Core issues in Higher Education.- Chapter 13. Implementation of Curriculum and Assessment Accreditation Standards in the English Language Program at KAU.

Über Autor(innen)

Donald F. Staub is an Assistant Professor and the Director of the School of Foreign Languages at Izmir University of Economics in Izmir, Turkey. He also served for four years as the coordinator of the Quality Assurance Unit within the School of Foreign Languages at Isik University (Istanbul), where he served as the chair for the SFL’s two accreditation applications. Donald has a doctorate in Educational Leadership from Eastern Michigan University (EMU), and an MA (TESOL) and BA (Literature) from Michigan State University. Dr. Staub is a trained reviewer for the Commission on English Language Program Accreditation (CEA) and the Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA). His primary research interests lie in EFL quality assurance, student retention, and delivery of English medium instruction, with recent book chapters on quality assurance in EFL programs as well as quality assurance in ESP programs.